,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgdb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #h1 #bjbj,mr4   
,conaway 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,weber of   
,texas1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mr4
 ,mooney of ,west ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,dunn1
 ,mr4 ,banks1 ,mr4 ,graves of ,georgia1 
,mr4 ,duncan1 ,mr4 ,jordan1 ,mr4 ,allen1
 ,mr4 ,kelly of ,mississippi1 ,mr4      
,spano1 ,mr4 ,crawford1 ,mr4 ,timmons1  
,mr4 ,hudson1 ,mr4 ,burchett1 ,mr4      
,budd1 ,mr4 ,kelly of ,pennsylvania1    
,mr4 ,williams1 ,mr4 ,shimkus1 ,mr4     
,aderholt1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,griffith1 
,mr4 ,watkins1 ,mr4 ,latta1 ,mrs4       
,rodgers of ,washington1 ,mrs4 ,wagner1 
,mr4 ,hice of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,waltz1    
,mr4 ,hurd of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,bilirakis1  
,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,guest1 ,mr4       
,cline1 ,mrs4 ,miller1 ,mr4 ,david ,p4  
,roe of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,rutherford1   
and ,mr4 ,collins of ,georgia7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce1 and in addition to the   

,committees on ,ways and ,means1 and    
,education and ,labor1 for a period to  
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the expenditure 
for an abortion of ,federal funds       
authorized or appropriated for          
preventing1 preparing for1 or responding
 to the ,,covid-#ai pandemic1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,protecting    
,life in ,crisis ,act4  #b4 ,prohibiting
 the expenditure of ,,covid-#ai funding 
for any abortion  7a7 ,prohibitions     
7#a7 ,in general ,no funds authorized or
 appropriated by ,federal law for the   
purpose of preventing1 preparing for1 or
 responding to the ,,covid-#ai pandemic1
 domestically or internationally1 and   
none of the funds in any trust fund to  
which funds are authorized or           
appropriated by ,federal law for such   
purpose1 shall be expended for any      

abortion4  7#b7 ,specified health       
benefits coverage ,none of the funds    
authorized or appropriated by ,federal  
law for the purpose described in        
subsection 7a71 and none of the funds in
 any trust fund to which funds are      
authorized or appropriated by ,federal  
law for such purpose1 shall be expended 
for1 nor shall any credit for such      
purpose be allowed under the internal   
revenue laws with respect to1 coverage  
under a qualified health plan offered   
through an ,exchange established        
pursuant to title ,i of the ,patient    
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act1 
,,cobra continuation coverage1 or any   
other coverage1 if such coverage        
includes coverage of abortion4  7#c7    
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
,,cobra continuation coverage means     
continuation coverage provided pursuant 
to part #f of subtitle ,b of title ,i of
 the ,employee ,retirement ,income      
,security ,act of #aigd 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4  
#aafa et seq47 7other than under section

 #fji of such ,act71 title ,,xxii of the
 ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;bb-#a et seq471 section  
#dihj;,b of the ,internal ,revenue ,code
 of #aihf 7other than subsection 7f77#a7
 of such section insofar as it relates  
to pediatric vaccines71 or section      
#hije;a of title #e1 ,united ,states    
,code1 or under a ,state program that   
provides comparable continuation        
coverage4 ,such term does not include   
coverage under a health flexible        
spending arrangement under a cafeteria  
plan within the meaning of section #abe 
of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of      
#aihf4  7b7 ,treatment of abortions     
related to rape1 incest1 or preserving  
the life of the mother ,the limitations 
established in subsection 7a7 shall not 
apply to an abortion-- 7#a7 if the      
pregnancy is the result of an act of    
rape or incest2 or  7#b7 in the case    
where a woman suffers from a physical   
disorder1 physical injury1 or physical  
illness1 including a life-endangering   

physical condition caused by or arising 
from the pregnancy itself1 that would1  
as certified by a physician1 place the  
woman in danger of death unless an      
abortion is performed4  7c7 ,rule of    
construction ,nothing in this ,act may  
be construed to require a plan or       
coverage described in subsection 7a7 to 
provide coverage of any abortion4